Clusters of cement blocks, broken poles on which one can see protruding concrete irons, sheet crumpled, scaffolding reduced into pieces of wood with the key three cars damaged in the nearby daycare. This is what remains of the R + 3 building under construction in the hamlet of new sports road in Yaounde this Friday, June 10, 2016. 'Master' as its neighbours, is working on withdrawals of some of these debris that has damaged the roof of its fortune apartments. At the scene, each is in his explanation. "It was predictable. This building looked like a House on stilts and poles that supported were too tiny, made of blocks of 25 and the concrete of 14 used iron did not meet standards,"explains Marcel Nono, Mason. "It did not go in depth at the foundation level, since this is a marshy area. It was necessary to entrust such work to experts. And as if this were not enough, the public authorities, including the town hall did not work. How to understand that one can assign a permit to build an individual without reassurance of what is happening on the ground? », railed Fabien Nkoulou, another. For Fabrice N., keeper of vehicles in the daycare in the vicinity, the Foundation was poorly worked with for consequences cracking of the walls. "It was a motel in construction and the owner lives in Douala," he says.
According several witnesses met at the scene of the incident which has caused no loss of human life, the disaster around 2 o'clock in the morning. "We followed a loud noise and we believed that it was a traffic accident. It is when we have been invaded by a cement dust that it realized that it was the building of the neighbor. We were obliged to go out through a small hole at the roof level,"explains a woman still in shock. "Around 1:45, I passed this building several times before its collapse. "When I regained my sewing workshop to 2 h 06, there was a light wind which blew, and then followed the collapse", says Ismael, owner of a sewing workshop.
In the district, residents do not return. "It is a miracle and we can only thank God. "For once, a building collapses without that it regrets not even a death», rejoice each and other. A balance that confirms Owodene Noa Nkolmesseng gendarmerie brigade Chief Warrant Officer: "we have recorded no deaths and we have opened a preliminary inquiry which will enable us to elucidate the causes. This will be after an interview with the true owners. »
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